Puyallup, WA Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

040(3)(a) governs RV and boat storage on residential lots in the city's RS zones. The rule triggers once a vehicle sits on the property for more than 72 continuous hours, per the outdoor-storage-of-vehicles standard that opens subsection (3). Where a rear yard is reasonably accessible, or a side yard is large enough, the recreational vehicle has to go there instead of the front yard. 095, defines "recreational vehicle" broadly for Title 20 purposes as a travel trailer, camper, motorized home, boat, boat trailer, dune buggy, or similar motorized or towed vehicle used solely for recreation, so a boat on a trailer is covered by the same front-yard restriction as a motorhome.

Two more limits apply regardless of yard: the vehicle can never encroach into the sight-distance triangle set by subsection (11) at street, alley, and driveway corners, and it can never be stored on or overhang the public right-of-way, meaning a driveway that spills into the street shoulder does not count as compliant storage. When a front or street-side yard is used because no adequate rear or side yard exists, the storage pad itself has to be improved with pavement or gravel; parking the vehicle on bare dirt or lawn in that location does not satisfy the standard even if the yard placement is otherwise allowed.